WHITE ELEPHANT


Meaning of WHITE ELEPHANT in English

(~s)

If you describe something as a ~, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless.

The pavilion has become a ?14 million steel and glass ~.

N-COUNT disapproval

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